... and hand-to-hand martial arts were more important than ever - how do you think the world would end up?
Remember - this is just hypothetically so things like criminals not negotiating is not part of the topic.
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If all weapons were outlawed... (read first post :P)
... and hand-to-hand martial arts were more important than ever - how do you think the world would end up?
Remember - this is just hypothetically so things like criminals not negotiating is not part of the topic.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship would take the place of free elections in deciding the leader of our country.
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It would never happen. People would just find different ways to use 'non-weapons' as weapons. We are tool users after all
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More people than ever would make money teaching, "Martial Arts".
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Personally, I think the world would be a much better place. Men would have to be men, and walk the walk that most only talk.
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i agree, i think human race as a whole are cowards, so they will be making weapons out of anything, like they do at prisons.Originally Posted by joedoe
It would never happen. People would just find different ways to use 'non-weapons' as weapons. We are tool users after all
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hypothetically speaking, if there were no guns we would still be killing each other in some other fashion. With that I agree. And we would try to find easier ways to do it than crossing hands.
Ranged weapons were one of the earliest technologies stepping forward in time that allowed one person to kill another without making physical contact with them.
To get good at martial arts takes time and everytime the playing field is leveled, someone will seek and advantage.
I think the gun factor has little or nothing to do with this aspect of what is otherwise simply the human condition.
Violence is a behaviour, not a device.
Kung Fu is good for you.
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Didn't the ban on weapons in the Orient lead to the advent of such weapons as nunchucks and bo staffs?
We would just find new weapons. U.S. citizens do not have an natural inclination to train for martial arts, but they do have one for conflict. Something would come up.
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A child with a pair of nunchuks is laughable, a child with a gun is scary.
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I think though that if firearms were all destroyed and only primitive weapons were around, well this would be neat. I would much rather try to dodge an arrow than a bullet. Plus the Japanese have an armor type meant for catching arrows without full penetration (Kozane). So without firearms it would most surely go back to the sword and the bow. Which would fukkin own. Those skills are much more difficult to refine than pulling a trigger.
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A child with a gun either has irresponsible parents or really good contacts.
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If all weapons were outlawed then we would have more illegal means of getting them and using them and nothing would ever really change.
this is a stupid topic.
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Did you read the first post?
I never said that it would stop a certain degree of killing, I was just asking you guys how you think the world would be.
Just say that everybody negotiated.
Last edited by Disciple; 03-22-2005 at 10:57 AM. Reason: forgot to say something
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